Separating From The Addicted Self

There is a part of self that is entangled within addiction whether it be to a substance or a behavior. Discerning the authentic self that remains underneath the addiction is the mission of this program. Once you can see the aspects of the addicted self vs. the aspects of your authentic self, clarity emerges.

Produced by Mind Body Solutions

Transcript

Close your eyes.

This is a time of reflection,

A time to get to know your authentic self and who you truly are at your core.

During this process,

You will recognize and investigate the part of yourself that you no longer need.

This courageous process will allow you to come back into who you truly are.

Find a space where you can get comfortable.

There are no outside sounds or noises here to distract you.

Everything here is only to contribute to your meditation.

Come into the awareness of your breath.

Breathing in and breathing out.

Noticing the rising and falling of your breath.

If you are unsure if you are breathing with your diaphragm,

You may place a hand there,

Allowing the belly to rise and to fall.

You may want to imagine that you have a balloon in your belly and every time you breathe in,

The balloon inflates and every time you breathe out,

The balloon deflates.

And as you are breathing like this,

I like you to allow your body to come into stillness,

Allowing relaxation to fall over your scalp,

Down into your neck,

Releasing any tension that has been stored there,

Down from your neck into your shoulders,

Allowing relaxation to melt into the chest.

And now taking a deep breath of air in and out,

Rising and falling.

Relaxation falling down into your arms,

Into your elbows,

Down into your fingertips,

Allowing the body to become more and more calm.

Down into your belly,

Breathing in and out.

Relaxation melting down into your waist,

Relaxing your thighs,

Noticing that with each exhale,

You begin to get even more relaxed.

Relaxation melting down into the knees,

Into the calves,

Your body is beginning to lay heavier and heavier into the surface beneath you,

Letting go a little bit more,

Allowing relaxation to move down into your ankles,

Feet and toes.

Taking another deep breath of air here as to become even more settled.

I like you to take a moment to recognize the parts of yourself that you no longer need.

I like you to recognize the characteristics or character defects that come with the addict self.

You may even want to bring up a time where you could see yourself in that role.

Perhaps you were dishonest,

Selfish,

Or perhaps it was more of an internal feeling like restlessness or irritability.

Whatever comes into your mind,

Recognize what those characteristics are.

And now I would like you to allow those characteristics to be there.

Just simply honoring them,

Allowing them to come into awareness that this is part of who you were,

But no longer has to identify who you are to become.

And now I'd like you to investigate where these parts come from.

For example,

If one of your characteristics is dishonesty,

You may want to recognize why you were dishonest.

Take this time to sit with this.

You may experience emotions rise to the surface.

Allow them to happen.

Now I'd like you to neutralize your feelings.

Take a moment to recognize that you are going through a transformation period and who you were no longer has to define who you are to become.

Like a snake shedding skin,

Allow yourself to shed this part of you.

I'd like you to imagine yourself stepping out from that role.

Imagine the addict self and the authentic self splitting away from each other.

Recognize what you look like in your authentic self.

Recognize what the addict looks like.

Take a moment to examine both of those parts of you.

And now that you have seen the two different parts of you,

I'd like you to imagine the authentic self walking away from the addict self.

You may even want to give the addict self a bell or some sort of acknowledgement.

Remember,

This is not a time to judge ourselves.

It's simply a time to recognize what once was.

Taking the time to honor that this has been a part of your journey.

And this is a piece that will allow you to transform into something greater.

This is part of the process of becoming an expanded version of yourself.

Now imagine yourself in that authentic self's role.

Notice who you are.

Recognize the characteristics that you have.

Perhaps you are brave,

Resilient,

Intelligent.

Recognize all of the characteristics that make you who you are.

Now allow these characteristics to be in your body.

You may even place a hand on your heart to connect with your true self.

Breathing these characteristics in.

Now I'd like you to tell yourself,

I am brave.

Or whatever characteristics that came up for you,

Repeat them to yourself.

Breathe them into your heart center.

Now investigate how you will allow these characteristics to continue.

Perhaps you need to continue to be of service to others.

Or maybe you just simply need to laugh more.

Recognize how you will continue to grow these characteristics.

Like seeds in a garden,

You have to continue to water these seeds so they can become plants one day.

Recognize how you will water these plants.

Recognize how you want to water these seeds.

And now coming into acceptance.

Acceptance into the person that you were always meant to be.

Allowing yourself to love who you are.

Coming back to your breath.

Noticing that you are now in the body of your authentic self.

Knowing that you have sacred hands.

You have sacred eyes.

You have a sacred mouth.

Your life is sacred.

Coming back to your breathing now.

Breathing in and out.

Feeling peace in your heart.

I am going to count from one to ten and awaken you.

When I reach the count of ten,

You will open your eyes and come back into reality.

Counting now.

One.

Two.

Life and energy flowing through your body.

Feeling energy rise in from the top of your scalp down to the bottom of your feet.

Three.

Four.

If there are any discomforts in your mind,

Body,

Or spirit,

They are now gone.

Honoring the mind,

Body,

And spirit that you do have.

Five.

Six.

Recognizing that you are an important part of this universe,

And without you,

This universe would not be complete.

You are an important puzzle piece to this puzzle we call life.

You have a mission while you are here.

Seven.

Eight.

Coming back into the awareness of the room.

Recognizing that you have been meditating.

Nine.

Wiggling fingers and toes to come back into reality.

And ten.

Opening up your eyes to allow light in.

Coming back into the room.

You may want to journal on your experience.

You may want to write down the characteristics that you found from the Attic Self to the Authentic Self.

Remember,

When we bring awareness to ourselves,

It no longer has control over us.

If we recognize the character defects that we no longer want,

We can transform them into character assets.

You

Reviews

So needed..even at 2:30 am. First time ever listening to this one.
It hit home.

Perfect, thank you 🙏🏻

Thank you. This was beautiful.

I met myself today
In a new a purple way

You see I met myself before
He is always knocking at my door

And sometimes I let him in,
And he leaves my house a mess.

I used to call him evil, cause he was of so very scared
But now I see him different

He might be an ego maniac,
But it’s only cause he cares

He might love or
Laugh too much in an inappropriate way
But he believes love and humor is the purest form of play

I didn’t wanna accept him, cause he’s oh so very strange
But he makes me feel so royal, in my own unique kind of way

I saw the light within him, and the darkness in myself
I saw the color purple and appreciated health as my wealth

He laughed while I cried, he spoke while I listened, he made me feel brand new

We hugged it out and glistened under the past, we decided to let go
But not thru breath but wisdom
Not thru light but darkness
Not thru cake but crumbs
Not thru stars but earth
🕷

Wonderful Shamanic journey with drums to find your spirit animal 🙏

I’m pretty sure that recording is the same as the spirit animal recording…